Bronze Age Gold from Wales

S.S. CAPE ST. DAVID, glass negative

Hansen, Leslie W. (Photographer)

Starboard Broadside view of S.S. CAPE ST. DAVID, at Cardiff Dock, 23 May 1947.

ss CAPE ST. DAVID (6768gt) : Built 1941 as EMPIRE MARLOWE by William Gray & Co. Ltd., West Hartlepool, for MoWT (managed by W.H.Cockerline & Co.). She was managed by the South American Saint Line Ltd. from 1943. 1946 – Sold to Sun Shipping Co., London, and renamed CAPE ST. DAVID (managed by Mitchell, Cotts & Co. Ltd). 1955 – Transferred to Saint Line Ltd. 1960 – Sold to Norman Shipping Co., Hong Kong and renamed HAPPY SEAFARER (managed by Mariner Shipping Co. Ltd., Hong Kong). 1961 – Sold to Escort Shipping Co., Hong Kong. She was broken up at Hirao, Japan, in 1966.

Collection Area

Industry

Item Number

79.76I/1538

Historical Associations

Association Type: Place name
Place: Cardiff Docks

Creation/Production

Role: Photographer
Period: 1947 (circa)

Acquisition

purchase, 20/9/1979

Measurements

Length (mm): 82
Width (mm): 106

Techniques

Gelatin dry plate glass negative
Glass negative
Negative

Material

Glass
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